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I was wondering what was better for community fish flakes or granules?

Depends on the fish .

I feed most everyone bioblend which is small pellets. I do keep some flake on hand for the fish that prefer to get their food from the top as it has a tendency to sink somewhat fast.

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Yeah, it def. depends on the fish.

My bettas refuse to take flakes. They loooove pellets.

In my community tank, I have tetras, barbs, and I've had gouramis and cories in it. They all take flakes, but prefer different things. The gourami loved bloodworms, and the cories loved sinking wafers.

I'd say smaller granules are prolly better, but you need to see if they will accept them or not. I'd give fish that aren't as active as say, danios or barbs, flakes.

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You can feed both types of food. Fish are like humans & like a varied diet.



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Yes it certainly does depend on the species/size of fish you have I feed both also many different other foods

My feeding program.

Other than the usual flakes, pellets and algae wafers, & frozen bloodworms three times a week there are many other also foods I use.

The different foods I use are many and varied, never at any specific time or day. All this started not long after viewing FP. I am always willing to try something different. I believe that is the reason why my fish are so healthy as they get a good variety of foods.
Heavy fishing line suspends the pear core & the fish frame. The tomato & the zucchini are held to a flat rock by an elastic band. Two small river pebbles hold down the lettuce leaf.

When feeding with the fish frame, pear core, and the lettuce I do not leave it too long, one hour at the most. I would only feed the fish frame the day before I do my 50 Lt weekly water change.
Once I found a tomato seed that had started to sprout in the internal filter I was using at the time.

Fish all fresh & uncooked
SW fish frame.
Various SW fish mashed
Prawns/Shrimp
Roe FW & SW

Meat
Raw lambs liver mashed very fine about 1/2 tea spoon.

Vegetables Cooked all mashed
Diced
Carrot.
Corn.
Peas.
Beans.
Celery.

Vegetables Raw
Lettuce.
Tomato.
Zucchini.

Fruit.
Pear core
Banana. Small pieces.



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In most cases, especially with fast-eating fish, flakes are recommended as a staple diet. That is because with pellets or granules, if the fish eat them before they soak up enough water, they will swell up in the fish's stomach and potentially cause discomfort or health problems.

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